Starting today, you can register for the next set of Online Instructor Certification courses that will begin October 12. You can read more about the courses at our Online Instructor Certification page.

Note that while you can get on the waitlist for the Advanced course (the final course in the series), we will not be offering that option until November.

Register at this link.

This group examines the many facets of the study of leadership and how it applies to academia. (Led by Scott Sorvaag)

This PLC will explore key resources associated with the Lasallian Higher Education Colloquy on Racial Justice, including but not limited to the Mission Mandated Lasallian Vision for Racial Justice framework. With the insights these resources provide, each participant will choose discipline-specific reports, models, and frameworks that awaken, nurture, and empower us to see racism and adopt a “prophetic praxis of hope” – to take action toward a more racially just and inclusive academic and professional community. Outcomes may include revision of one’s Teaching Narrative, affirmation or recalibration of learning outcomes, changes to curriculum or advising practices in a course or academic program, or other area of institutional engagement. (Led by the Taskforce for Diversity, Inclusion, and Curricular Integrity, contact person Valerie Edwards Robeson)

Join us for training on Instructure’s Canvas: Saint Mary’s new single LMS. This training will be conducted by professional trainers at Instructure and will cover all that you need to start communicating with your students through Canvas and giving them assignments. You can come and go at any time via the Zoom link (coming soon), and the session will be recorded and posted to the CELT site for those who cannot make it.

Join us for training on Instructure’s Canvas: Saint Mary’s new single LMS. This training will be conducted by professional trainers at Instructure and will cover all that you need to start using common features of Canvas, including Quizzes (tests), Gradebook, and the Module system. You can come and go at any time via the Zoom link (coming soon), and the session will be recorded and posted to the CELT site for those who cannot make it.

The next in a series of trainings on Panopto, Saint Mary’s new Lecture Capture System. Panopto is quickly becoming one of the most used tools across all our campuses. This training focuses on working with students in Panopto and editing.

Proposed topics include:

1. Student Submission of video through a Panopto assignment folder
2. Student Submission of video through a Blackboard assignment
3. Accessing the Editor
4. Layout of the Editor
5. Trimming sections out of your video
6. Making more accurate trims
7. Changing the name and description of your video
8. Adding or adjusting the Table of Contents
9. Changing the thumbnail that represents your video
10. Adding a quiz to your video
a. Taking a quiz
b. Accessing quiz results
c. Adding the quiz as an assignment in Bb
11. Making changes to slides
12. Adding automatic captions to your video and editing captions
13. Adding clips to your videos (splicing)
14. Adding PDFs to the video outside the editor

Our next section of Online Instructor Certification courses, taught by Dr. Angela Solic begins here and lasts four weeks. You can learn more and register here.

Once a year, Canvas’s parent company (Instructure) hosts a multi-day conference to showcase how people use Canvas, what is new in Canvas, and what is coming in the future for Canvas. Read all about it. This year, due to COVID, the conference is just one day, but it is online and available free to all. In addition to presentations, company officials speak and there is an engaging keynote speaker. This year it is LeVar Burton! We cannot promise this event will be recorded, but if you have time, you can register for free here. Just make sure to register by October 9.